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Introduction to AWS CloudFormation Designer

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This lab introduces the AWS CloudFormation Designer, which provides a visual tool for creating and modifying CloudFormation templates. Prerequisites: This lab assumes that you have an introductory-level knowledge of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and AWS CloudFormation. Students should have taken the Introductory-level labs for each of these Services before taking this lab.


Level

Fundamental


Duration

0 Hours 45 Minutes


Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Create a simple single-instance stack using AWS CloudFormation Designer
  • Add and edit Mappings, Resource Parameters, and Outputs
  • Validate the stack and save your basic template
  • Launch the stack and view the running stack and its Outputs
  • Delete and clean up when the stack is no longer required


Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

  • Architects
  • Developers
  • DevOps Engineers


Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

  • Introductory level knowledge of Amazon EC2 and AWS CloudFormation


Course Outline

  • Task 1: Add an Instance Resource
  • Task 2: Set Parameters
  • Task 3: Add Mappings
  • Task 4:  Add Outputs
  • Task 5: Specify Resource Properties
  • Task 6: Create the Stack
  • Task 7: View the Running Stack

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